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sonnet

14 line poem, ends with couplet

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personification

giving human attributes to non human things

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explication

formal explanation of the meaning of a poem

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couplets

When two lines have the same rhyme

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Assonance

repeating vowel sounds

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alliteration

repetition of consonant sounds

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end stopped

line ending wth puntuation

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enjabment

when a line continues from another

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metaphor

comparison between two things

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pentameter

10 syllables, or 5 metric feet

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tetrameter

8 syllables or 4 metric feet

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ode

poem with a serious topic

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apostrophe

talking to an abstract thing

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dramatic monologue

single speaker speaks to silent listener and reveals something

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allusion

reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text

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ambiguity

being open to more than one interpretation

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dynamic

changes

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static

does not change

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cyberpunk

genre of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technolog

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epiphany

a moment when a character has a sudden realization that changes their understanding of themselves or the world

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verbal irony

sarcasm

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situational irony

when the outcome of a situation is contrary to or different from what is expected

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hamartia

tragic flaw

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soliliquy

an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

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aside

speaks to the audience when other characters on stage

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